By Julia T. Social media has taken over our generation over the past few years, first starting with MySpace and Facebook, eventually leading to modern-day Instagram and Tiktok. Back in the day posts were simple, like an average day meal, blurry pictures with friends, or the hike you went on. Now, however, social media is a bit more complicated than… Read more →
By Alex P. Ever since I’ve hopped on the sticks and became an avid video game player I can remember playing sports video games. No matter how bad I was at the game or even how much I understood the sport, I always had a great time playing sports video games. I still remember my first ever sports game I… Read more →
By Noah H. Just like in television and film, the main character in video games is often the white, straight male. There are several video game franchises that have heroic characters that aren’t male or are of different ethnicity, but these sorts of characters are often secondary characters, and rarely see center stage compared to their counterparts. Over the past… Read more →
By Sam K. The Walt Disney Company has found itself in an unenviable position. Pissing off both sides of the political spectrum. In an attempt to stay neutral on the controversial and discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would ban teachers in Florida from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with students until after third grade, Bob Chapek, the current… Read more →
By Grace H. Hollywood has a long history of problematic representation of transgender and queer people. This includes the phenomena of cis men being cast to play the part of trans women. In many early representations of trans people, their gender is played as a joke and something to gawk at. This kind of representation has serious impacts on the… Read more →
By Paris A. The challenge of portraying women in film in an accurate light has been a battle fought by society for decades. Particularly in the action genre, women are sexualized, objectified and most often side characters. Within the action, superheroes have always been widely popular and widely targeted at men. I personally am a huge fan of Superhero comics… Read more →
By Reilly H. Camille Rainville, who writes about her “thoughts, sentiments, and scribbles on womanhood” posted an original poem, “Be a Lady, They Said,” to her blog, Writings of a Furious Woman, in 2017. It got a couple of hundred likes. Three years later, in 2020, the online publication Girls Girls Girls picked it up and got big names like… Read more →
By Dakota G. (spoiler warnings!) HBO Max’s new show “Our Flag Means Death” has quickly become their top show, airing first on March 3, 2022 (Tassi). The story follows the main character Stede Bonnet, an aristocrat who abandons his life of luxury to be a pirate in the early 18th century. This period romance comedy is loosely based on the… Read more →
By Reid A. I was truly shocked after witnessing the renowned movie star Will Smith slap comedic legend, Chris Rock. Personally I thought that the slap looked like a staged WWE stunt. Although to some the slap may have seemed unprovoked, Will Smith was vocally defending his wife, which lead to him slapping Chris Rock. As we read in Chapter… Read more →